Gallery

Late May 2011 — A former warehouse stands ready for demolition on the site of the HTP converter station in Ridgefield, New Jersey.

June 2011 — With all original structures removed, demolition and construction crews work to clear debris from the converter station site in Ridgefield.

October 2011 — Pile driving operations near completion in the transformer foundation area at the Hudson Converter Station site.

April 2012 — The transformer bays are formed and framing of the valve hall is underway as construction of the converter station progresses.

June 2012 – Switch yard equipment is staged for installation at the converter station site and placement of 345 kV filter pad components commences.

October 2012 — Full view of the Hudson Converter Station from the northwest corner of the site.

February 2013 — Assembly and installation of thyristor valve modules in the valve hall is complete.

April 2013 — Construction of the converter station was completed in the spring and the system commenced commercial operation on June 3.

Early June 2011 — Seemingly indifferent to Hudson construction activities on his block, a working horse pulls his carriage home to the Central Park Carriage stables on W. 52nd Street in Manhattan.

Early June 2011 — The Hudson HDD rig is in place and ready to begin drilling under the West Side Highway to the Hudson River.

July 2011 — Construction workers take measurements inside the pit on W. 52nd Street that will eventually house the pressurization vault.

July 2011 – Traffic passes smoothly alongside the HTP construction site on W. 52nd Street. HDD operations progress in the foreground while blasting and excavating of the fluid vault pit continues in the background.

December 2012 — Both traffic lanes are in service and routine activities return to the neighborhood as HTP winds down construction on W. 52nd Street.

August 2011 – The first phase of conduit for the land cable is installed in an open trench in Edgewater, New Jersey.

July 2011 – A crane barge floats conduit in the Hudson River as HTP Marine operations begin off the coast of Edgewater, New Jersey.

September 2011 – HTP contractors, aboard a barge in the Hudson, attach conduit to a drill head prior to installation in the HDD path under 12th Avenue.

November 2011 – The HTP marine cables arrive in New York, transported from Italy in custom fitted carousels on board the Giulio Verne.

November 2011 – The cable laying ship, the Giulio Verne, at work in the Hudson River with Manhattan’s West Side Highway in the background.

November 2011 — The hydro plow, used to bury the marine cable below the river bottom, is lowered into the Hudson by a crane.

January 2012 — The marine cable installation is complete and the Giulio Verne passes the Statue of Liberty as she exits the New York Harbor.